Cologuard positive test result.

I had a colonoscopy and there were seven polyps, six of which were precancerous and one of those was rather large and almost to the point were the doctor couldn't remove it. I would have had to have some of my colon removed if that were the case. But the doctor did nip them and sent them for tests. None of them were cancerous. But because one polyp was very large and aggressive, the doctor wants me to have another colonoscopy in a year. That's not too bad.

So, in short, Cologuard may have prevented me from losing some of my colon or even developing cancer.

I have been bladder cancer free for over two years now and my next cysto is scheduled for early January. I'm hoping that the good news continues. I do have one blip on my radar screen. I did the Cologuard colon cancer screening test and it came back positive. My doc wants me to have a full blown colonoscopy to "see what's going on". My doc said it doesn't mean that I have colon cancer and I read that there is about a 14% false positive rate with the test; and I feel fine and I don't have any colon cancer symptoms, so I am not too worried, but... We'll see what's up soon enough.

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